• Wall Street isn’t that worried about the fiscal cliff. Is it savvy or stupid? (Wonkblog[1])
• Tax the Traders! It Would Solve Economic Crisis and Stop Reckless Trading. (Slate[2]) see also Dark Trading on Public Exchanges (Social Science Research Network[3])
• Health Stocks a Port in Market Storm (WSJ[4])
• It’s a record! And other thoughts on the consumerism frenzy (Business Journalism[5])
• Demand for Miami Real Estate Intensifies Further in October as Pending Sales Spike 67% Over Last Year (World Property Channel[6]) see also Toll Brothers Rings Up Profits in Housing Comeback (The Daily Beast[7])
• Summers Opposed as Fed Chairman by Almost 50% in Survey (Bloomberg[8])
• How Republicans Put Elizabeth Warren In The Senate — And On The Banking Committee (The National Memo[9]) see also Bankers on Warren: What, us worry? (Politico[10])
• Steve Ballmer’s Nightmare Is Coming True (Yahoo Finance[11])
• Republicans not handling election results well (Public Policy Polling[12])
• The 45 Most Powerful Images Of 2012 (BuzzFeed[13])